ON EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY
Ludwig von Misea
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The doctrine of natural law that inspired the 18th century declara­
tions of the rights of man did not imply the obviously fallacious proposi­
tion that all men are biologically equal. It proclaimed tb&t all men are
born equal ~ rights and that this equality cannot be abrogated by any
man-made law, that it is inalienable or, more precisely, imprescriptible.
It was only the deadly foes of the individual's liberty and self-determina­...